Engineering Leader · Platform Builder

Aaron
Lozier

I've spent 20+ years turning hard problems
into elegant systems and good engineers into great ones.

20+ Years experience
12 Engineers built & led
9-fig Monthly txn volume
Aaron Lozier

Builder.
Leader.
Architect.

I wrote my first program in BASIC in 1984, at six years old. What started as childhood curiosity became a 20-year career at the intersection of deep technical craft and organizational leadership.

I've founded companies, sold them, rebuilt them, and built the teams to run them. My career arc is unusual: I'm equally at home designing a distributed system architecture as I am running a hiring process, defining culture, or sitting across the table from an executive team.

The through-line across everything I've built is a belief that great software and great teams are inseparable — one without the other rarely lasts.

1984
First program writtenBASIC, age six. The beginning of everything.
2011
Founded Information ArchiTECHBootstrapped a custom software company, grew to serve national brands, exited via acquisition in 2015.
2015
CTO, Potenza InnovationsLed technology for a marketing automation platform serving hundreds of campaigns via Sinclair Broadcast Group.
2017
TEDx Speaker"The Gift of Legacy Code" — delivered on the 60th anniversary of Grace Hopper's discovery of the first literal bug.
2020
Joined Upstate Coin & GoldBegan building PlatformGold® as sole engineer — a platform that would change the shape of the business.
2026
VP of Software EngineeringLeading a 12-person engineering & data organization. PlatformGold® now processes nine-figure monthly volume.

PlatformGold®

A B2B fintech trading platform for the precious metals industry — built from a blank canvas as sole engineer, scaled to nine-figure monthly transaction volume, and grown into a full product suite with a 12-person engineering organization behind it.

0 → 1 Sole engineer to full org

Conceived, architected and built the entire platform alone. Revenue within weeks of launch. Later built a 12-person team around it and stepped back from day-to-day development entirely.

9-fig Monthly transaction volume

PlatformGold® and its public API collectively process nine-figure monthly volume — surpassing the company's entire human trading team as the primary revenue channel.

8-fig API monthly run rate

The PlatformGold® public API — designed and launched from scratch — grew to an eight-figure monthly run rate, enabling industry partners and technology providers to integrate directly.

November 2020
Platform conception & build
Joined Upstate as sole engineer. Architected and built PlatformGold® from the ground up — auto-scaling, resilient, designed for security by definition.
August 2021
Launch — revenue within weeks
PlatformGold® went live and generated meaningful revenue almost immediately, surpassing early projections and validating product-market fit within the first quarter.
March 2022
Public API launch
Conceived and launched the PlatformGold® public API, enabling precious metals companies and technology providers to integrate directly — creating an entirely new revenue stream from scratch.
November 2023
Director of Engineering
Stepped into department leadership. Hired and structured a 12-person org covering software engineering, data engineering, QA, and more. Expanded PlatformGold® into a full product suite including a data warehouse + BI platform and ML models for algorithmic trading.
January 2026
VP of Software Engineering
Elevated to VP. Platform now processes nine-figure monthly volume — exceeding the output of the company's entire human trading team. The first in the industry to achieve this milestone.

The Stack

Languages
TypeScript Node.js Python Java PHP JavaScript
Frontend
React Vue.js Angular AngularJS
Cloud & Infra
AWS Lambda S3 EC2 RDS DynamoDB Redshift QuickSight SQS CloudFront Terraform Docker AWS SAM
Data & AI/ML
PostgreSQL Redis Kafka Airflow LLM Integration Agentic Workflows OpenAI Anthropic
API & Integration
REST OpenAPI NetSuite ERP Braintree Hyperwallet mParticle
Security
Security-by-Design Intrusion Detection Pen Testing Fintech Compliance

Experience Timeline

2026 — Present Upstate Coin & Gold
VP of Software Engineering
Elevated to VP following sustained platform growth and organizational expansion. Oversees all engineering, data, and QA functions across a 12-person department.
2023 — 2026 Upstate Coin & Gold
Director of Software Engineering
Recruited and built a 12-person engineering org from fewer than 2. Defined engineering culture, hiring bar, and technical standards. Drove API partner ecosystem to an eight-figure monthly run rate.
2020 — 2023 Upstate Coin & Gold
Full-Stack Engineer / Platform Founder
Sole engineer on PlatformGold® — conceived, architected, and built the platform from zero to nine-figure monthly volume. Designed the public API strategy that created a new revenue channel from scratch.
2020 CGI Federal
Solutions Architect
Cloud modernization for CGI's Momentum ERP platform. Architected Java microservices on Apache Airflow ETL data pipelines for federal agency clients.
2018 — 2020 Waitr, Inc.
Solutions Architect
Architected high-stakes financial platform initiatives including full disbursement migration from Braintree Marketplace to Hyperwallet. Contributed open source fix to the official Hyperwallet Node.js SDK.
2018 CGI Federal
Solutions Architect / Senior Engineer
Promoted from Senior Engineer to Architect in 5 months. Led refactor of the Unify 360 platform. Founded CGI's Design Pattern Library — adopted across multiple product teams company-wide.
2015 — 2018 Potenza Innovations
Chief Technology Officer
CTO following acquisition of Information ArchiTECH. Architected Return Flight — a marketing automation platform serving hundreds of campaigns for Sinclair Broadcast Group's DriveAuto program.
2011 — 2015 Information ArchiTECH
Founder & CEO
Bootstrapped a custom software company serving national brands. Built and managed in-house and overseas teams. Exited via strategic acquisition by Potenza Marketing in 2015.

What People Say

It is hard to summarize how integral Aaron has been in my development as a professional in the technology field. Not only is he a great developer, but also a thoughtful co-worker. He truly cares about the projects he encounters as well as the people around him. Aaron is a true asset to any company he works for.

Joshua Chauvin
Joshua Chauvin Director of Product Design, Blanchard Computer Systems

Aaron Lozier was my boss at Potenza, Inc. Immediately upon starting I knew I had made the right decision to join his team. Aaron cultivates a culture of respect, honesty, and creativity that makes working under him a great experience. His passion for innovation, coupled with his distinct creative solutions makes Aaron not only a great leader, but also a vital asset to any development team.

John Ezekiel
John Ezekiel Senior Software Developer, Diamond Marine Services

Aaron was contracted by our Company in 2012 to develop an automated time management system. Aaron developed software for our time gathering system and daily time ticket generation program within the budget and timeframe we had envisioned. Etiquette has allowed me to see reports in 24 hours which used to take me 3 months to get.

Glynn Hebert
Glynn Hebert President, Acadian Contractors

The Gift of
Legacy Code

"Delivered serendipitously on the 60th anniversary of Grace Hopper's discovery of the first literal software bug."

A talk about gaining a new appreciation for old technology — and honoring the COBOL programmers whose code still quietly runs the world. An argument for why the engineers who inherit messy systems are often the most valuable ones in the room.

Detailed Case Files

This section contains detailed screenshots, financial charts, and proprietary metrics documenting the full arc of PlatformGold® and other key projects. Access is available to vetted hiring managers and executive contacts.

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PlatformGold® · Revenue Growth
Platform vs. Human Sales Team
Monthly transaction volume by channel, showing the platform's trajectory from launch to surpassing the human trading team as the company's primary revenue driver.
Monthly Volume by Channel (Relative Scale)
Jan '22
Platform
Jan '22
Trading
Jan '26
Platform
Jan '26
Trading
PlatformGold® · API Growth
Public API Revenue Trajectory
The PlatformGold® public API was architected and launched from scratch in March 2022. Within months it was generating material revenue. By 2026 it reached an eight-figure monthly run rate.
API Revenue Growth (Relative Scale)
Apr '22
Launch
2023
Growth
2024
Scale
Jan '26
8-fig
Engineering Org · Team Growth
0 → 12: Building the Department
Recruited and hired every member of the engineering department. Grew from a team of fewer than 2 to a 12-person org spanning software engineers, data engineers, QA, and supporting roles — all while maintaining velocity on the platform.
Team Headcount by Year
2020
1
2022
3
2024
8
2026
12
Security Record
Zero Incidents at Scale
PlatformGold® has maintained a clean security record across years of nine-figure monthly transaction volume in the fintech space. Architecture is designed security-first, with a custom intrusion detection system and routine penetration testing. The only incidents on record are isolated cases of customers sharing their own credentials — detected and resolved quickly.

Let's Talk

Open to Director and VP of Engineering roles with the right team. Based in the Denver/Boulder area — open to remote for the right opportunity.